Rise of Communism

1917, 1939-1945:

(Dan 7:5) "And suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said thus to it: 'Arise, devour much flesh!'

Soviet territorial conquests have occurred to the west of greater Russia during World War II and symbolically represent Russian seizure of part of Poland, Finland and Rumania during the war. Reference is also made to the United States and Britain's acquiescence to Soviet expansionist demands after World War II that allowed the Kremlin to extend its sway over 100 million people. (Today's Technology in Bible Prophecy, Charles Miller, p 100)